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December 9 is observed around the world as the International Anti-Corruption Day. On this day in 2003, the United Nations Convention against Corruption was opened for signature in the Mexican city of Merida. Russia was among the first countries to sign this document.

The provisions of this Convention are especially important at the current stage of the country’s development, as the corrupt practices of individuals are detrimental to national welfare.

With respect to civil servants, the Federal Law “On the State Civil Service in the Russian Federation” regulates, among other things, their rights and obligations, as well as prohibitions and restrictions related to state civil service.

As part of this event on December 9, 2019, the Ministry’s employees was addressed by a representative of the Tatarstan Presidential Board for Anti-Corruption Policies, Chief Adviser to the Anti-Corruption Monitoring Department Aleksander Lokhotskoy.

The invited expert spoke about what constitutes corrupt behaviour, as well as about the concepts of personal interest and conflict of interest.

Today, the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade hosted a regular meeting of the Commission on Observance of Requirements to Professional Conduct of Public Civil Servants and Resolving of Conflicts of Interests.

The meeting examined information on socio-economic monitoring, implementation of anti-corruption measures in the first half of this year, and other issues. In conclusion, the Commission considered the issues of notifying civil servants about the performance of other paid work.